Temporary binder.



No. 845,883. PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907.

I .L, M.- MORDEN.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

APPLIOATION FILED DEO.'3, 1902.

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UNITED STATES LUCENA M. MORDEN, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 8,

Patented March 5, 1907. 1902. Serial No. 133.659.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, LUCENA M. MORDEN, a citizen of the United Waterbury, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Temporary l Binders, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention com rises a wallfile having a shank for attac ment to the States, and a resident of in the county of New Haven and j ed in opposite directions, the ring having an opening section by which perforated sheets of paper may be applied to and removed therefrom. The file is thus adapted for hanging upon the wall bills, invoices, or any other suitably-perforated sheets and for taking the papers down from the file for inspection when desired. The shank for the holder side of a desk, or any suitable foot-board, and the wall-file may thus be used in any situation to which it is adapted. The jaws of the ring-holder are preferably formed of a single piece of wire looped at one or both ends, and the head of the shank is formed in any suitable manner to clamp or embrace the two sides of the bent wire.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention applied to a vertical surface, as of a wall, desk, or other support, the jaws both having lips to clamp the ring. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same holder without the ring. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a holder with one jaw having elastic lips and the other formed as a hook. Fig. 4 shows the hooked holder of Fig. 3 attached to a wall.

In Fig. 1 the body of the ring is marked 2, and the swinging section is marked 3, with dotted lines applied, showing such section turned to apply the perforated papers to the rm w The numeral 6 designates the shank of the holder, from which wire jaws are projected in opposite directions and formed, respectively, with the loops 7 and 8 and lips 4 are extended outwardly from the bight or fold of each loop at a suitable distance apart, as shown in Fig. 2, to embrace opposite sides of the ring. The ring can thus be pressed between the opposite lips until it contacts with the loops 7 and 8*, being thus supported at two opposite points to hold it firmly in the desired position.

In Figs. 3 and 4 the jaw 8 is substantially the same as in Fig. 1, being formed with two lips to embrace the opposite sides of the ring when placed therein, as shown in Fig. 4; but in place of the lips upon the upper jaw the same is provided with a backwardly-turned hook 10, upon which the ring may be hung, as indicated by the dotted circles in Fig. 4, before it is pressed back into the lips of the lower jaw. The head of the shank forms a stop for the rin when thus pressed into the lips. The shanz 6 is shown with a screwthread to be screwed into the wall or other support, and the head 9 is shown in Fig. 2 formed of thin metal, having its ends turned over upon the two parts of the bent wire. The two parts of the wire extend also through the solid head of the shank with the construction shown in Figs. 3 and 4; but the means for securing the holder to the wall may be varied without departing from the invention.

The entire device is of the most inexpensive character, while it forms a convenient means of suspending perforated sheets together and examining or separating the same at pleasure.

With the construction shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the weight of the ring is positively sustained by the hook 10 independently of any elastic grip of the lower jaw, and the papers are thus held securely in case such lips become distorted by use, so as not to firmly clasp the sides of the ring. The jaws are preferably formed of a single piece of wire bent as described.

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention, what is claimed herein is- 1. Thewall-file consisting of the ring having a movable section, and the holder comprising a shank for attachment to the wall, and two jaws projected in opposite directions from the shank and formed to embrace the ring at two different points.

2. The wall-file consisting of the ring having swinging section 3 and the holder comprising a shank for attachment to the wall, and two jaws projected in opposite directions from the shank and formed to embrace the ring at two different points, one jaw having an open hook bent backwardly to receive and support the weight of the ring, and the other jaw provided with two lips to clasp the ring at opposite sides, whereby the weight of the ring and its load are supported by the hook upon the upper j aw, independently of the lips upon the lower jaw.

shank and formed to embrace the ring at two amovable section, and the holder comprising different points, substantially as herein set 10 afshfink 1for attachment todthe wall, the head forth.

0 t e s ank being forme to embrace two parallel wires, and two jaws formed of a siny LUOENA MORDEN gle wire folded to bring the two parts through Witnesses:

the head of the shank, and the two jaws be- H. A. TEST,

ing projected in opposite directions from the j MATTHEW BURNS.

3. The wall-file consisting of a ring having 

